Scope and Contents
The collection has been organized into one series, Correspondence , arranged alphabetically by author, and spans the years 1847-1955, with the bulk of the material dating from between 1885 and 1915.
While in most cases the number of letters under a given correspondent is ten or fewer, there are more substantial groups of letters from several individuals, including Sir Austen Chamberlain (27), Pearl May Teresa Richards Craigie (62), Kate Greenaway (126), Sir Henry Thompson (110), Bishop James Edward Welldon (49), Edith Wharton (38), and Sir Evelyn Wood (82). The correspondence is mainly social in nature and concerns invitations, parties, country houses, and entertainments. Some letters to Baron St. Helier concern politics and legal cases, including those by Viscount Alverstone, William Gladstone, and the Earl of Balfour.
Dates
- 1847-1955
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
Conditions Governing Use
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Extent
2.73 Linear Feet (7 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
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Overview
Processing Information
- Allhusen, Dorothy
- Austin, Alfred, 1835-1913
- Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew), 1860-1937
- Chamberlain, Austen, Sir, 1863-1937
- Chamberlain, Joseph, 1836-1914
- Dufferin and Ava, Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, Marquess of, 1875-1930
- Friendship -- Great Britain
- Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898
- Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 20th Century
- Greenaway, Kate, 1846-1901
- Göschen, G. J. (Georg Joachim), 1752-1828
- Hobbes, John Oliver, 1867-1906
- Hope, Anthony, 1863-1933
- Iddesleigh, Stafford Henry Northcote, Earl of, 1818-1887
- Jeune, Francis Henry, Sir, 1843-1905
- Jeune, Susan Mary Elizabeth Stewart-Mackenzie, Lady, 1931-
- Midleton, William St. John Fremantle Brodrick, Earl of, 1856-
- Thompson, Henry, Sir, 1820-1904
- Thurston, E. Temple (Ernest Temple), 1879-1933
- Upper class -- Great Britain
- Upper class women
- Welldon, J. E. C. (James Edward Cowell), 1854-1937
- Women -- Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 20th Century
- Wood, Evelyn, 1838-1919
- Title
- Guide to the Lady St. Helier Papers
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- by Beinecke Staff
- Date
- October 2000
- Description rules
- Beinecke Manuscript Unit Archival Processing Manual
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository
Location
121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511
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